4^2 SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



ASTER. Gen. pL 954. 



Recept, nudum. Pappus fimplex, feflilis. CoroL 

 radii plures 10. CaL imbricati ; fquamse inferiores 

 patulas. 

 Tripolium i ASTER foliis lanceolatis integerrimis carnofis gla- 

 bris, ramis inasquatis, floribus corymbofis. Sp, 

 pi. 1226. (Ger. emac, 413, /. i, 2, Fet, herb, t. 

 ly^ f. 10, II. GmeLfl.SJbir. 186. /. 80, /. 10. 

 Moris, hift.f. t. 22. /. 36, 37.) 



Sea Starwort. Anglis, 



In fait marfhes on the fea coafts not unfrequent. 1;. 

 VIII. IX. 



The HaIIc is fmooth, ftriated, branched towards 

 the top, and varies in height from nine incheg 

 to four or five feet ; whence fome authors have 

 made a greater and a lefler variety : the leaves 

 grow alternate upon the ftalk ; their figure, &c. 

 is expreffed in the fpecific difference : the flowers 

 srow in thin loofe umbels at the fummits of the 

 branches : the calyx is fhort and cylindrical : the 

 fcales obtufe, and commonly tinged with red on 

 the edges : the flowers are 3-4ths of an inch in 

 diameter : the difc yellow, the rays blue ; but 

 (3. a variety of it fometimes occurs without rays. 



Vid. Pet, herb, t, 17, fig, 12. 



SOLIDAGO. Gen. p], 955. 

 Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex feflilis. Cor. radii 

 circiter 5. Cal. fquam:e imbricatse, claufa5. 

 virgamea^i SOLIDAGO caule fubflexuofo angulato, racemis 



paniculatis 



